the Department requires the principal to verify that the process undertaken and student information collected is accurate

nominated school staff member enters verified data for each identified student in CASES21 following the instructions in the CASES21 Administration User Guide: Chapter 7, pages 24-28: CASES21 Administration Guide

When all data has been entered in CASES21, Schools are encouraged to run the following reports for referencing next year:

Students with Disability – Disability Summary [ST21428]

Students with Disability – Student Summary [ST21429]

In 2018, the final date for submitting data is 3 August via the CASES21 system (data can be recorded prior to this time).

Four pieces of data need to be entered from drop down menus in the CASES21 record for each student included in the NCCD:

Step 1: Is the student provided with a reasonable adjustment to address a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1992?

Step 2: What level of adjustment is provided to the student?

Step 3: What is the broad category of disability?

Step 4: Has the school principal verified this data? This will need to be completed each year as this field will revert to 'N' following the annual CASES21 End of Year Process run.

The format screen below will be displayed:

Following reporting of your data, DET extracts your data and forwards it to the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. All states and territories provide a list of schools, with their Australian Government Education IDs (AGE ID) and the numbers of primary and secondary student enrolments, number of students with disability by school, student level of education, category of disability and level of adjustment, to the Australian Government Department of Education and Training.

Sound knowledge and understanding of the DDA and Disability Standards for Education will assist schools in meeting mandatory obligations to students and their parents and carers and implementing the national data collection. For more information, see:

The Department provides free access to a suite of eLearning resources relating to the Disability Standards for Education 2005 developed by the University of Canberra and the education departments of all States and Territories.

A training website, developed by Educational Services Australia, supports implementation of the national data collection through information about the national data collection model including levels of adjustment and evidence requirements. A series of case studies, illustrations of practice and a new PowerPoint presentation is also available on this site. For more information, see:

Senior policy and program staff from every state, territory and sector have worked collaboratively on this website. The Department has also provided a Manual with content taken from the training website. See:
Manual (docx - 3.53mb).

Background

The national data collection on students with disability reinforces the existing obligations that schools have towards students under the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005.

The national data collection counts the number of students who are supported under these obligations based on the professional judgement of teachers and their understanding and knowledge of their students.

CASES21

Categories of disability

Definitions of broad categories of disability - for definitions of the categories of disability according to the DDA, the Australian Human Rights Commission interpretation and terms used in the Data Collection, see:

Collaboration

The following resource, from the University of Canberra is a practical guide for individuals, families and communities, which highlights the benefits of collaborating as a group to better support a student with disability:

Manual

Meeting obligations under the Standards/DDA

Compiled by the Department of Education: DDA definitions and purpose fact sheet - for details of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and how it applies in schools, see:
DDA definitions and purpose in Education

This
fact sheet summarises the disability standards for education. It includes the rights and requirements under the disability standards for education.

Moderation resource for schools

The purpose of this
resource (docx - 721.19kb) is to assist schools in undertaking within-school moderation to support them in making consistent and reliable decisions about students' level of adjustment and category of disability. This may be used to inform decisions about how to best support students with disability.

Planning for personalised learning and Support: A national resource

This
document is to support personalised planning and learning for students with disability. All educators are encouraged to use this document for personalised planning, and to share this document with their school networks.

Positive partnerships

Positive partnerships is the education component of the Australian Government’s Helping Children with Autism package, which provides professional development for school leaders and teachers, workshops for parents/carers and a dedicated website with online learning modules and other resources. For more information, see:

Student Wellbeing Hub

The Student Wellbeing Hub is the Australian Government’s one-stop shop for information and resources for educators, students, parents, specialist professionals and pre-service teachers on strategies to build and sustain the wellbeing of the whole school community. For more information, see: